Ground invertebrate fauna associated with native shrubs and exotic pasture in a modified rural landscape, Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-135

  Derraik, José G B ^a,b   Rufaut, Catherine G ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Exotic pasture; Ground fauna; Invertebrates; Native shrubs; New Zealand; Pitfall traps

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; COPROSMA PROPINQUA; GRANULINA; INVERTEBRATA; OLEARIA;

EID: 23344433501     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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